Missouri took home both the men's and women's titles at its own Mizzou Invite.
Missouri Press Release
COLUMBIA, Mo. – The Mizzou men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams both nabbed team titles at the Mizzou Invite as they concluded action at the three-day meet on Saturday at the Mizzou Aquatic Center. The men’s team tallied 1,355 points to best Drury (685), Wyoming (635.5) and UNLV (417.5), while the women posted 1,332 points to finish ahead of Illinois (637), Wyoming (619), Drury (507) and UNLV (269). Seven other programs competed in diving only.
Over the course of the meet, the Tigers combined to set 10 school records and four individual NCAA automatic qualifying cuts.
Saturday saw three school records and two ‘A’ cuts, including one apiece from senior Michael Chadwick (Charlotte, North Carolina). Chadwick broke his own 100 free school mark in morning prelims with a swim of 41.80, which was also an automatic qualifying time. He then placed first in finals with a 41.85, while senior Andrew Sansoucie (Wentzville, Missouri) touched third in 43.49 and sophomore Mikel Schreuders (Oranjestad, Aruba) was fourth in 43.65.
The Tigers also saw both the men’s and women’s 1650 free school records go down in Saturday finals as senior Nick Davis(Chesterfield, Missouri) and junior Kira Zubar (Chaska, Minnesota) both recorded their second school marks of the meet. Zubar clocked a 16:03.37 to win the women’s race and drop 15 seconds off her old school record. She also broke Mizzou’s 1000 free mark during her 1650, as she went out in 9:44.18, seven seconds faster than the previous Tiger mark set in 2007. On the men’s side, Davis swam a personal best by 14 seconds and bested Mizzou’s old mark by two tenths of a second with a 15:09.06.
Junior Hannah Stevens (Lexington, Ohio) notched her second NCAA ‘A’ time of the season as she went a personal best 1:51.73 to win the 200 back. She finished ahead of freshman Jennifer King (Glasgow, Scotland), who took second in 1:53.60, and senior Nadine Laemmler (Wackersdorf, Bavaria, Germany) in third in 1:54.62.
In the men’s 200 back, senior Carter Griffin (Parker, Colorado) swam a season-best time of 1:40.67 to take top honors. FreshmanNick Alexander (Crestwood, Missouri) dropped a 1:42.92 to move into fourth on Mizzou’s top list, while sophomore Alex Walton(Wilton, Iowa) was third in 1:43.67.
Junior Sharli Brady (Burlington, Kentucky) won her third individual event of the meet as she took the 200 fly win in 1:56.47.Freshman Azra Avdic (Skokie, Illinois) took second in 1:58.26, which moved her into third-place in the Mizzou record books.
Mizzou claimed first-place in both the men’s and women’s 200 breast races, with seniors Fabian Schwingenschlogl (Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany) and Katharine Ross (Des Moines, Iowa) coming away with wins. On the men’s side, Schwingenschlogl touched the wall in 1:53.34, ahead of fellow senior Eddie Mapel (Hinsdale, Illinois), who clocked a 1:55.62. Ross swam a 2:10.47 to win the women’s race.
The Tigers concluded the meet with a sweep of the 400 free relays. The men’s relay of Schreuders, Sansoucie, sophomore Sam Coffman (Centennial, Colorado) and Chadwick notched an automatic qualifying time of 2:52.17, which ranks second all-time at Mizzou. On the women’s side, Hayden, Stevens, freshman Haley Hynes (Lee’s Summit, Missouri) and Metzger-Seymour touched first in 3:17.32.
The diving teams are idle until the Tennessee Diving Invite, Jan. 1-3, in Knoxville, Tennessee, while the swimming teams return to the pool on Friday, Jan. 6 in a dual against Louisville in Louisville, Kentucky.
UNLV Press Release
COLUMBIA, Mo. (UNLVRebels.com) - UNLV's select squad from the men's and women's swimming and diving team finished up action Saturday night at the Mizzou Invite.
The meet began on Saturday with the 1650 free. UNLV had a pair of swimmers in the men's race, with Ethan Klein placing seventh in 16:02.08 and Brenton Sayers finishing behind him in eighth in 16:32.54.
UNLV's first top-10 finish in a women's event was in the 200 back, with Kyndal Phillips winning the consolation heat with a time of 1:58.21, a NCAA 'B' standard.
The Rebels highest finish of the entire meet was provided by Tom Paco-Pedroni, as the senior turned in a second-place swim of 43.05. he was one of three UNLV swimmers in the top nine, as Or Sabatier took fifth in 43.90 and Kasey Foley took the consolation heat after touching the wall in 43.99. All three times were under the 'B' mark.
Freshman Sophia Carnevale was the top Rebel in the 200 breast, finishing fourth in 2:15.90, earning a 'B' cut by .09 seconds. The Rebel women would place fifth and sixth in the 200 fly, thanks to Goezde Tekin (2:01.82) and Kimberly Hendrick (2:05.77). Avi Cohen took seventh for the men meanwhile, with a time of 1:48.69.
The Rebels finished the night with the 400 free relay. Carnevale, Hendrick, Phillips and Ida Schutt paced the women's relay to a seventh place swim in 3:24.13. UNLV took second in the men's race, with Paco-Pedroni, Sabatier, Forrest Beesley and Foley posting a mark of 2:54.06.
UNLV will return to action next month, when it hosts the UNLV Invite from Dec. 1-3 at Buchanan Natatorium.
